I'm currently using this function to calculate 2 fields and the results are good but sometimes missing a zero. sample
10:20 + 10:30 current output 0.10
10:20 + 10:30 I want the output to be 00.10
$(function () {
function calculate() {
time1 = $("#start").val().split(':'),
time2 = $("#end").val().split(':');
hours1 = parseInt(time1[0], 10),
hours2 = parseInt(time2[0], 10),
mins1 = parseInt(time1[1], 10),
mins2 = parseInt(time2[1], 10);
hours = hours2 - hours1,
mins = 0;
if(hours < 0) hours = 24 + hours;
if(mins2 >= mins1) {
mins = mins2 - mins1;
} else {
mins = (mins2 + 60) - mins1;
}
// the result
$("#hours").val(hours + ':' + mins);
}
});
also when there is an invalid character I keep getting a nan message is possible to change this to 00 instead?
Instead of dealing with the strings and each value independently, you can use the javascript Date
object to calculate the difference...
function calculate() {
// Get time values and convert them to javascript Date objects.
var time1 = new Date('01/01/2017 ' + $('#start').val());
var time2 = new Date('01/01/2017 ' + $('#end').val());
// Get the time difference in minutes. If is negative, add 24 hours.
var hourDiff = (time2 - time1) / 60000;
hourDiff = (hourDiff < 0) ? hourDiff+1440 : hourDiff;
// Calculate hours and minutes.
var hours = Math.floor(hourDiff/60);
var minutes = Math.floor(hourDiff%60);
// Set the result adding '0' to the left if needed
$("#hours").val((hours<10 ? '0'+hours : hours) + ':' + (minutes<10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes));
}
Or even better, you can make the function independent of the DOM elements, so you can reuse it...
function calculate(startTime,endTime) {
// Get time values and convert them to javascript Date objects.
var time1 = new Date('01/01/2017 ' + startTime);
var time2 = new Date('01/01/2017 ' + endTime);
// Get the time difference in minutes. If is negative, add 24 hours.
var hourDiff = (time2 - time1) / 60000;
hourDiff = (hourDiff < 0) ? hourDiff+1440 : hourDiff;
// Calculate hours and minutes.
var hours = Math.floor(hourDiff/60);
var minutes = Math.floor(hourDiff%60);
// Return the response, adding '0' to the left of each field if needed.
return (hours<10 ? '0'+hours : hours) + ':' + (minutes<10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes);
}
// Now you can use the function.
$("#hours").val(calculate($('#start').val(),$('#end').val()));
Add a function
function checkTime(i) {
if (i < 10) {i = "0" + i}; // add zero in front of numbers < 10
return i;
}
and call this function before displaying result
I propose you that :
$(".calculator").on("change",function(){
var isNegative = false;
var hours = "00:00";
var inputStart = $("#start").val();
var inputEnd = $("#end").val();
if(inputStart!="" && inputEnd != ""){
// calculate only if the 2 fields have inputs
// convert to seconds (more convenient)
var seconds1 = stringToSeconds(inputStart);
var seconds2 = stringToSeconds(inputEnd);
var secondsDiff = seconds2 - seconds1;
var milliDiffs = secondsDiff * 1000;
if(milliDiffs < 0){
milliDiffs = milliDiffs *-1;
isNegative = true;
}
// Convert the difference to date
var diff = new Date(milliDiffs);
// convert the date to string
hours = diff.toUTCString();
// extract the time information in the string 00:00:00
var regex = new RegExp(/[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}/);
var arr = hours.match(regex);
hours = arr[0];
// Take only hours and minutes and leave the seconds
arr = hours.split(":");
hours=arr[0]+":"+arr[1];
// put minus in front if negative
if(isNegative){
hours = "-"+hours;
}
// Show the result
$("#hours").val(hours);
// Put back the inputs times in case there were somehow wrong
// (it's the same process)
var date1 = new Date(seconds1*1000);
var str1 = date1.toUTCString();
arr = str1.match(regex);
hours = arr[0];
arr = hours.split(":");
hours=arr[0]+":"+arr[1];
$("#start").val(hours);
// idem for time 2
var date2 = new Date(seconds2*1000);
var str2 = date2.toUTCString();
arr = str2.match(regex);
hours = arr[0];
arr = hours.split(":");
hours=arr[0]+":"+arr[1];
$("#end").val(hours);
}
});
function timeElementToString(timeElement){
var output = timeElement.toString();
if(timeElement < 10 && timeElement >=0)
output = "0"+output;
else if(timeElement < 0 && timeElement >=-10)
output = "-0"+Math.abs(output);
return output;
}
function stringToSeconds(input){
var hours = 0;
var arr=input.split(":");
if(arr.length==2){
hours=parseInt(arr[0]);
minutes=parseInt(arr[1]);
if(isNaN(hours)){
hours = 0;
}
if(isNaN(minutes)){
minutes = 0;
}
}
return hours*3600+60*minutes;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<label for="start">Start</label><input type="text" id="start" class="calculator"></input><br />
<label for="end">End</label><input type="text" id="end" class="calculator"></input><br />
<label for="hours">Hours</label><input type="text" id="hours" readonly="readonly"></input>
</form>
</div>